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Re: Qualcomm’s FLO TV launches gadget for watching TV on the go

Tom — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:49:10 -0000

It’s a bold bet, but it could also be a disaster. Qualcomm has been pushing FLO TV on cell phones for a while but has had limited success getting paying subscribers for high-definition TV on a small screen. It’s just not clear that people really want to watch TV so much that they will pay subscription fees.

UK & license fee, Sky subscriptions... How about them putting it on a tablet sized screen, rather than an iPhone sized screen? The technology is clever (reducing bandwidth used whilst broadcasting to many) but without a major player picking it up it seems to be niche as Nokia's attempts.

Re: Qualcomm’s FLO TV launches gadget for watching TV on the go

70news2 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:56:20 -0000

All u need to know FLO TV: http://www.70news.com/2009/...

Re: Qualcomm’s FLO TV launches gadget for watching TV on the go

Chet — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:19:55 -0000

Looks like a nice slim device though - wonder if it is a Flash backend or "modifyable"... gotta love skinning your own slim-devices ;) I would love to see what OS it is running.

Re: Qualcomm’s FLO TV launches gadget for watching TV on the go

thethirdone — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:05:19 -0000

Don't most people like TV so much they pay a subscription fee?

Seriously, think about what you're writing.